Sexual Dimorphism and Sex-2D : 4D Interactions on Fasting Lipid Variables in an Adult Ghanaian Population

Table 3

Interactions between sex and the 2D : 4DL on fasting plasma lipid variables.

LR model	Dependent variable		95% CI		value
			Lower	Upper
7	TCHOL (mmol/L)
	(Constant)	4.533	2.420	6.647	0.000
	Age (years)	0.088	0.005	0.170	0.037
	BMI (kg/m^2)	-0.082	-0.147	-0.016	0.015
	Sex	-0.097	-0.523	0.329	0.653
	2D : 4DL	4.957	-2.363	12.276	0.182
		-15.666	-27.192	-4.140	0.008
8	TRIG (mmol/L)
	(Constant)	0.875	-0.300	2.050	0.143
	Age (years)	0.019	-0.027	0.065	0.413
	BMI (kg/m^2)	-0.005	-0.042	0.032	0.780
	Sex	0.079	-0.157	0.314	0.509
	2D : 4DL	0.837	-3.235	4.908	0.684
		-2.897	-9.296	3.502	0.371
9	HDL-C (mmol/L)
	(Constant)	2.246	0.910	3.583	0.001
	Age (years)	0.045	-0.007	0.097	0.088
	BMI (kg/m^2)	-0.065	-0.106	-0.024	0.002
	Sex	-0.126	-0.396	0.143	0.354
	2D : 4DL	6.457	1.830	11.085	0.007
		-10.471	-17.758	-3.184	0.005
10	LDL-C (mmol/L)
	(Constant)	1.802	0.129	3.475	0.035
	Age (years)	0.032	-0.033	0.097	0.334
	BMI (kg/m^2)	-0.007	-0.060	0.045	0.783
	Sex	-0.016	-0.351	0.320	0.927
	2D : 4DL	-2.243	-8.039	3.554	0.445
		-3.441	-12.551	5.669	0.455
11	VLDL (mmol/L)
	(Constant)	0.397	-0.137	0.932	0.144
	Age (years)	0.009	-0.012	0.029	0.412
	BMI (kg/m^2)	-0.002	-0.019	0.014	0.777
	Sex	0.036	-0.071	0.143	0.506
	2D : 4DL	0.390	-1.463	2.242	0.677
		-1.327	-4.238	1.585	0.368
12	CR
	(Constant)	1.007	-3.595	5.610	0.665
	Age (years)	0.018	-0.161	0.198	0.839
	BMI (kg/m^2)	0.110	-0.032	0.251	0.129
	Sex	0.620	-0.308	1.547	0.188
	2D : 4DL	-8.417	-24.359	7.524	0.297
		17.189	-7.913	42.291	0.177

The 2D : 4DL was centered before linear regression (LR) analysis. TCHOL: total cholesterol; TRIG: triglycerides; HDL: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; VLDL: very low-density lipoprotein; C: cholesterol; CR: coronary risk; BMI: body mass index.